Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I go to Wendling 's , where I again compose a little until half past one , when we have lunch . |
| 2 | Next came a stomach-churning visit to the Snake Temple , where I actually held a snake very briefly , but drew the line at having it photographed around my neck ! |
| 3 | Liz has been appointed customer services manager with Skipton Building Society , where she previously held a management post in the commercial lending department . |
| 4 | In some places he will say : ‘ Well , we wo n't bother fishing here , we will walk on to the next loch ’ , where you invariably catch a fish or two . |
| 5 | The addition of colour , and specifically the facility to produce separations , is of substantial benefit to the professional graphic artist but , unless he or she already possesses a colour Macintosh II , is likely to be of little real benefit to the average user other than as a ‘ feature ’ to show off . |
| 6 | ‘ A person who has symptoms of cardiovascular disease has much more to gain from reducing lipid levels [ because he or she already has a higher risk of dying from the disease ] than does someone with desirable lipid levels , ’ he says . |
| 7 | Finally , evidence is accumulating that a person 's emotional environment influences his or her likelihood of suffering an acute psychotic episode if he or she already has a history of schizophrenic disorder . |
| 8 | The stock editor generally concentrated on stock revision and supervision of withdrawals , but in some authorities he or she also played a large part in the selection of new books . |
| 9 | Now then , he argues that since in the state of nature erm the individual has the right to life , liberty and property , he or she also has a right to take such steps are necessary for the protection o o of these rights . |
| 10 | This may also be said of the fibre intake in man where we generally eat a low fibre diet but evolved eating a high fibre diet . |
| 11 | Then on to the next house where they slyly accept a poster and bin it as soon as your back is turned ; and then to the next where support is promised if only your party in exchange guarantees to persecute , imprison and preferably execute certain categories of non-white-skinned people . |
| 12 | This is where they do such good , where they really make a visit worth while and where they learn what ordinary people think , need and feel . |
| 13 | Where they indubitably have a pair , then it is often only patience that is required , though sometimes incorrect pH may be causing problems . |
| 14 | If there is no wool available to them , cats with an urge to re-create the pleasures of sucking at the maternal nipple have been known to suck their own fur , sometimes their feet and sometimes the tips of their tails ; or they occasionally develop a fixation on their owner 's hair and make repeated attempts to suck on that , if they are given half a chance . |
| 15 | He was appointed to the Survey in July 1889 at the age of twenty-seven , and went to the Northern Highlands of Scotland , where he learned geological field techniques from the experienced surveyors B. N. Peach and C. T. Clough [ qq.v. ] , and where he also developed a lifelong fascination with Pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks . |
| 16 | Subsequently he built a house in the country for a wealthy barrister ( Hurtwood in Sussex ) and another in the Usk Valley ( Colomendy ) , where he also displayed a talent for garden design ( 1912–14 ) . |
| 17 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |
| 18 | A good all rounder Chris is a member of the Cockermouth Round Table where he recently organised a trip for 90 old age pensioners to the lakes . |
| 19 | Singer went to the Jews ' College School , London , where he subsequently became a teacher . |
| 20 | When David led the little group out onto the street , where he quickly hailed a Hansom cab , Cissie had linked arms with Beth , and was walking tall and proud like a ‘ young lady ’ should . |
| 21 | Part of that policy is the unlisted market group 's recent £7.2 million bid for Brabant Resources , where it already owns a 9.99 per cent stake and has irrevocable undertakings to accept its offer from holders of 11.4 per cent more . |
| 22 | MRI has been much slower to develop than computed tomography , but its impact in those areas where it clearly has a substantial advantage has been enormous , namely the central nervous system and the musculoskeletal system . |
| 23 | It will maintain a sales and support network in the 150 countries where it now has a presence , but there may be cuts in both Wang employee numbers and the type of facilities it will operate . |
| 24 | With an oath the Weasel hurled the time-teller far out into the heather , where it possibly hit a stone . |
| 25 | Or he occasionally buys a er a shirt with a a fine stripe in it , but he says the continentals expect you to be wearing a white shirt . |
| 26 | There were no A-levels or 0-levels and although I once got a hearty handshake for my English book from a kindly Mr. Pickering at Abbeydale School , I seemed to get the cane for almost everything else . |
| 27 | And although I infinitely preferred a walk across the corner of the field to the privy by the duck pond , to the four flights of stairs I had to descend at Reine , with a com-munal Turkish crouch at the end of it , I wondered how Otto would adjust to outside facilities . |
| 28 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 29 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 30 | May I say that I wholeheartedly support a big increase in the tax on petrol ( even though I 'm a motorist myself ) . |